LOL Globogym salespeople. I just moved to a new city and have been shopping for a gym in what little free time I have. The closest gym to my house is an LA Fitness which I checked out a few weeks ago. I thought it was decent but with a big Globogym vibe so I decided to keep looking. Turns out that other decent gyms are much less conveniently located, and this LA Fitness has a pool. Since my new job has been curb stomping my time, I stopped back in to the LA Fitness and asked to join.

The salesperson proceeded to spend at least 15 minutes pressuring me to pay over $1k up front for a 3 year membership ($1078 IIRC). Who the hell in their right mind would pay that much to lock in a 3 year gym membership? I insta-declined it and kept pointing at one of the other options on the sales guy's worksheet and saying "I'll take that one," all while the guy was writing out all manner of goofy math on a tablet and trying to convince me that I would save money by paying $1k+ right then. His bibbly babbly nonsense deal included something about a $19 per month for life membership after the three years is up, but who the hell would pay $1k+ today to secure a deal on a gym membership three years from now? Geez.

Had I not already experienced the bad morning and rush hour traffic between my job/house/other gyms, I would have walked out right then. A salesperson has to make a living, but it shouldn't take 15 minutes of me repeatedly pointing at the option that I want for the sales guy to realize that I'm not going to bite on the crap deal.

Also LOL me for not even thinking about signing up online. WTF was I thinking? I went to their website and discovered to my chagrin that signing up online offered a better deal for less money out of pocket up front than the deal I signed in person. I'm definitely going to go ask for the better rate either tomorrow or Monday, but I'm partly to blame for that for not having checked out the pricing online first. Gah.

Not sure what you mean. I think you mean reverse grip bench press? If that's the case seems legit.

2 skinny bros having lifting straps for everything. They were seen using their straps while performing 12.5kg db rows. Scared of developing grip strength?

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I've seen dudes use straps for bench.

Saw a girl the other day who had a kettle bell hanging from a band on each end of a bar. She would hold the bar overhead and walk up and down the aisle of the gym (early morning, not in anyone's way). She was supersetting this with back extensions with another unloaded bar (basically good mornings using the back extension thing) and some box jumps.

workin that midline stability. very crossfit.

^^ awesome, sounds like something from a circus

All the 10# weights are missing. Look around. Oh. Deadlift 1RM day at the CF gym.

DT: typical. Should try and figure out when they plan on doing 1RM days and not show up. Probably impossible though as they don't plan workouts.

Xpost from my log:
I was planning on doing the flyes on the flye machine (wanted to use machine as I wasn't sure how my shoulder/elbow would react to these). Unfortunately it was being used by 1" ROM guy (posted about him earlier doing random movements with only about 1" ROM, super fast, and tons of reps). Best part about it was that he wasn't doing flyes. Instead he was standing up and using it like he was a lumberjack, still using 1" ROM or so. I say lumberjack because he was basically doing what these guys in the picture are doing only had the handle in his midline, used 1" ROM, and went straight out using just his arms instead of the ROM these guys use:

Some 18yo, but pretty buff dude was sitting right in front of the dumbell rack, blocking rouhgly 4 pairs in front of him. I picked up some light weights next to them for a warm-up set, and tried to figure out wtf he is doing there. Then I needed some of the heavier ones in front of him, and this douche doesn't move a ****... I ask him:" Are you alright? What are you doing there?", but he has earplugs in and ignores me. Well, he didn't ignore that 30kg DB, which went a bit closer to his head than it should be, due to my suboptimal stance there... Still, he doesn't even look at me or say anything.
After a few minutes of disbelieve on my side, I see him lock his feet under the rack and do sit-ups... which he could do on about a dozen other objects in the gym, but he decides to sit in front of the ****ing DB-rack.

WOW. I'm tilted just reading that.

I take it the initial shaking was the camera guy quaking while repressing his lol.

ROFL

Is that a trainer as well? My god.

that seems so deliberate though. its funny but my Staged senses are tingling

Guy grunts loud enough that he can be heard across the entire gym on every rep of every exercise. Most people stop and stare, pretty much every one hates him.

Maybe you'd be happier where he'd set off an alarm.

Pretty excited about my new gym location as I have left the sister location where the 'lifting monk' or whatever he calls himself trains.

This guy breaths SUPER loud and keeps his hands in the prayer position before any exercise he does - for god only knows what reason some core BS I'm sure. Yes... including calf raises.

Caught him the other day doing his ridiculously loud breathing exercies before power cleans which could only be described as an abortion. Sorry bud - no matter how much you work on your breathing your front rack position won't get any better and you'll keep catching that bar with your back completely rounded.

Needless to say everyone hates him Yugo you experience this moran yet?

You sure that isn't Ygos?

I saw a guy actually kneel down beside the bench and say a prayer before starting his heavy sets.

There are a handful of Christian bros at my gym. I don't even notice this stuff anymore.

No?

Unless he's the guy who I've never seen not wearing a belt, it's just on 24/7 and he does constant pressurized breathing in between sets. Not like, just before a DL set but for minutes on end. I never saw him pray or do any sort of clean though. Just DLs with bad form after infinite pressure breaths.

Hot chick pulls bench into Smith machine, puts 20lb on each side, lays on bench, puts feet up to bar, and smith machine bench leg presses. Is this a thing?

Just like a regular guy that breathes so heavily before each set of either squats or DLs that the entire gym I go to can pretty much hear him - but unlike you and the people that you go to the gym with it seems we put up with it and recognise that he is lifting more than anyone else that goes to the gym and most people on here no doubt.